MIRRORS "Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery, Role in Optimal Debulking Ovarian Cancer, Recovery \& Survival" is a new United Kingdom based prospective feasibility study the purpose of which is to establish the feasibility of launching a British multicentre randomised control trial of Robotic interval debulking surgery for ovarian cancer (including cancer of the fallopian tube \& peritoneum) in the future. This initial feasibility study will focus on the ability to recruit patients, acceptability, quality of life, the rate at which it is possible to remove all visible tumour and the rate of conversion to open surgery. Ultimately the investigators would like to determine whether, in selected patients, robotic surgery offers improved quality of life and recovery with equivalent overall and progression free survival. Robotic surgery is unlikely to be suitable in all cases of ovarian cancer, particularly those with large pelvic masses or extensive disease around the upper part of the abdomen, however, it has the potential to provide significant recovery and quality of life benefits to a selected group of patients. MIRRORS - ICG "Peritoneal angiography / perfusion assessment using Indocyanine green (ICG) in patients with advanced ovarian cancers" is a ancillary study within MIRRORS. Using ICG dye, the investigators aim to observe whether there are any changes in the blood vessel pattern associated with the tumour deposits the investigators remove that makes them distinctive. The ICG will not be used to guide where biopsies are taken or tissue is removed. Participation in this ancillary research is not required for participation in the trial.
Hypothesis: in selected cases of ovarian cancer, following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, minimally invasive robotic surgery provides maximal debulking surgery and improved patient outcomes. Null Hypothesis: Robotic surgery is not suitable for the treatment of ovarian cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. It is not possible to achieve maximal debulking surgery and patient outcomes are not improved. To assess the feasibility of obtaining consent from women and acceptability of Robotic interval debulking surgery for advanced ovarian cancer. Women deemed suitable for interval debulking surgery will be identified through the Gynaecological Oncology multidisciplinary team meeting. The aim is to recruit women over a period of 1 year aiming for a total of 20 women who undergo Minimally Invasive Robotic Interval debulking surgery for advanced ovarian cancer. The main outcomes are feasibility of the recruitment process and acceptability of the questionnaires and numeric rating pain scale (NRS11) as assessed by completion rate and patient interviews. In order to be able to offer MIRRORS to as many patients as possible the investigators have kept the inclusion criteria wide, not restricting by Body Mass Index (BMI), patient comorbidities or Ca125 level.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
40
Interval debulking surgery carried out in a minimally invasive manner using the Da Vinci Robot.
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
RECRUITINGRecruitment
Number of patients consented compared to the number identified by multidisciplinary team as eligible for inclusion in the study expressed as a percentage. Success criteria: At least 20% of people eligible for the study will accept inclusion in the study.
Time frame: Assessed at 1 year (recruitment period)
Quality of Life following Surgery
Assessed using European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Validated quality of life questionnaire (QLQ) for ovarian cancer (QLQ-C30/QLQ-OV28). This validated questionnaire consists of the core module and its associated ovarian cancer specific module.
Time frame: 3 months post surgery
Mental wellbeing
Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) A (Anxiety) and D (Depression) scores are calculated separately. 0-7 = Normal, 8-10 = Borderline, 11-21 = Abnormal (case)
Time frame: 3 months post surgery
Pain assessment
Numeric rating scale (NRS11) 0 (no pain) - 10 (worst pain)
Time frame: 3 months post surgery
Surgical complications
Intraoperative complications will be recorded. Post operative complications will be recorded and classified by Clavien-Dindo Classification. Success criteria: Complication rate is not higher than for open interval debulking surgery
Time frame: Assessed at close of trial - 15 months +/- 7 days (recruitment + follow up period period) (Quarterly reports to be submitted to sponsor)
Rate of Conversion to open surgery
Percentage of patients converted to open surgery after being deemed suitable for Robotic interval debulking surgery following initial diagnostic laparoscopy. Success criteria: Conversion to open surgery rate not greater than 50% in patient group deemed suitable for Robotic interval debulking surgery following initial diagnostic laparoscopy.
Time frame: Assessed at 1 year 3 months (once last recruited patient has undergone surgery)
Robotic interval debulking - Maximal Macroscopic debulking rate (R=0 rate)
Percentage of patients undergoing robotic interval debulking surgery who achieve Maximal macroscopic debulking i.e. no macroscopic residual disease present (R=0 rate)
Time frame: Assessed at 1 year 3 months (once last recruited patient has undergone surgery)
Overall Survival
Measured in Months from the date of surgery. In order to follow up long-term survival in participants suffering from ovarian cancer and subsequently correlate this to the research findings it is necessary to store minimal personal data after completion of the study this is detailed in documentation submitted and approved by London - Riverside Research Ethics Committee.
Time frame: Assessed at close of trial - 15 months +/- 7 days (recruitment + follow up period period) reassessed at 5 years to maximum of 10 years
Progression free survival
Measured in Months from the date of surgery until the date of first documented progression. In order to follow up progression free survival in participants suffering from ovarian cancer and subsequently correlate this to the research findings it is necessary to store minimal personal data after completion of the study this is detailed in documentation submitted and approved by London - Riverside Research Ethics Committee.
Time frame: Assessed at close of trial - 15 months +/- 7 days (recruitment + follow up period period) reassessed at 5 years to maximum of 10 years
Cost
Cost of Robotic minimally invasive interval debulking surgery to the hospital compared to a similar open procedure measured in British Pound (GBP) £
Time frame: Assessed at close of trial - 15 months +/- 7 days (recruitment + follow up period period)
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